INNOVATIONS WITHIN DBFMO PROJECTS FROM A MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY-USE POINT OF VIEW

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Key words: DBFMO, PFI, PPP, innovation, maintenance, energy‐use, performance specifications Abstract In most literature integrated contracting and procurement is assumed to result in more innovative solutions as a result of the intended process integration. This paper explores so called Design Build Finance Maintain Operate (DBFMO) cases in the Netherlands on resulting innovations focusing on maintenance and energy use. This as it might be assumed that in case of a DBFMO contractor innovations on these aspects are of direct benefit and thus the most easy to detect. In this study two DBFMO office projects are investigated. The two DBFMO projects are compared with five traditionally build office projects. First, the introduction describes the motives and the goal of the research. The second section provides the theoretical framework. In the third section the research methodology is explained. The case studies are presented in the fourth section. The fifth section presents the findings. The last section contains the conclusions and discussion.